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SU Professor Bhatia to speak on geotextile tube dewatering in Nov. 8 seminarOctober 31, 2007Martin Wallsmwalls@syracusecoe.org Shobha K. Bhatia, a professor of civil and environmental engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, will speak Thursday,…

UPSTATE at Syracuse Architecture receives $2.5 million for sustainable urban revitalization projectOctober 31, 2007Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research and Real Estate at the Syracuse University School of Architecture will receive $2.5 million as part of SU’s…

SOE researchers secure $940,000 NYSED grant for program to help high-need schools support children with disabilitiesOctober 31, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu The New York State Education Department (NYSED), through its Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) division, has awarded…

Chronicle of child soldier chosen as Syracuse University’s 2008 Shared Reading titleOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah has been selected as the title for the 2008 Syracuse University Shared…

SUF announces adoption of ancestral tombsOctober 31, 2007Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu In perfect timing for the Halloween season, Syracuse University Florence (SUF) has announced the adoption of four tombs located in the English cemetery in Florence. The tombs are those of four…

For students, innovative internships are a crucial highlight of the SU experienceOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University student Stuart Angus stood before the international scientific community this past summer in Granada, Spain, to present his research on Myxococcus xanthus….

Students, local business leaders to explore meaning of global citizenship in Nov. 8 seminarOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International Services will kick off International Education Week this year with a University and…

Syracuse Symposium hosts Excelsior Cornet Band for Nov. 8 concert at Crouse CollegeOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Excelsior Cornet Band will perform original Civil War music on period instruments in a concert at Syracuse University on Thursday, Nov. 8,…

World-renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen to lecture on ‘The Global City’ at architecture symposiumOctober 31, 2007Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu Renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen of Columbia University will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m….

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder visits Syracuse on Nov. 6 as part of The University Lectures seriesOctober 30, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Tracy Kidder, author of “Mountains Beyond Mountains” (Random House, 2004), Syracuse University’s 2007 Shared Reading Program selection and the…